Wine Chateau de Chamirey, "Le Renard" Chardonnay, Bourgogne AOC, 2015
Tasting Notes
Wine bright golden-yellow color with greenish reflections.
This wine has a persistent, fresh, well-balanced fruit and mineral flavor with nuances of toning in a long aftertaste.
Slim, elegant bouquet bright fruit flavors presented with pronounced notes of white peach, notes of minerals, almond and hazelnut.
Being a wonderful aperitif, this wine also make a perfect pair with smoked salmon, baked trout and fish cooked on the grill. It also goes well with a variety of seafood (especially shellfish), as well as with white meat and chicken.
Interesting Facts
Nice dry white wine Le Renard Chardonnay is made from Chardonnay grapes grown on clay-limestone soils of Bourgogne appellation. The grapes are harvested during its optimum maturity. For the fermentation and subsequent aging of wine used oak barrels and metal cans. During the first 9 months of 1/5 of the wine contained in new French oak barrels and 4/5 - in stainless steel tanks.
Chateau de Chamirey - elegant castle built by order of the family Dupaty de Clam in the early 18th century. Made under the influence of fashion trends while Italian architecture, it was built on a rocky promontory overlooking the vineyards of Mercurey. The modern look of the lock acquired in the late 18th century after a fire. In 1932 he purchased the estate of the Marquis de Jouin, who initiated 2 years later at the Chateau for the first time began to pour wine. Over time, the leadership Château de Shamire passed to Bertrand Deviyyaru --law of the Marquis. Thanks to him, the area of vineyards owned by the family, has expanded to the current 38.5 hectares, about half of them have a classification of Premier Cru and located on the best terroirs Merkyure. The average age of the vines is approximately 35 years. Most of the vineyards occupy the red varieties and only about 30% of the land is reserved for whites. Currently run by the estate of the Marquis de grandchildren Jouennes - Amaru and Aurora Devilyar, representing the fifth generation of winemakers. At Chateau de Chamirey not only produced wine under its own brand, but also bottled wines produced in other farms belonging to "Domaine Devillard" - Domaine des Perdrix , Domaine du Cellier aux Moines , Domaine de la Ferte and Domaine de La Garenne.
